> I've done tests this afternoon, and what I found is that the devices > change that the system "sees" from one reboot to another. Specifically > it is this device on a Titanium IV that the system knows about in one > instance, that it does not know about any more at another reboot: > > # ifconfig -a > eth0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr > 00-03-93-FF-FE-CD-E4-C4-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > $ macchanger -s eth0 > Current MAC: 00:03:93:ff:fe:cd (Apple Computer, Inc.) > > What is 00:03:93:ff:fe:cd : The modem?
I think this is the Ethernet-over-firewire (which indeed for some strange reason doesn't always register itself). > If the eth0 device above is missing at another system boot the whole > devices order is shifting, and changed, and as a consequence > previous eth2 (radio card) simply does not exist any more, thus > rendering my settings in the /etc/network/interfaces useless ... :) The solution would be to able to specify interfaces by MAC or position in sysfs rather than ethX name in /etc/network/interfaces... Volunteer to fix those scripts ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
